Daliesque
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Daliesque
Example Sentences
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He was dressed in a rather severe dark suit, no one around him, a solitary figure, available for a ruling if called upon, but looking more like a fragile figure in a Daliesque landscape.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020
I clicked the mandala again, and the machine continued writing its Daliesque version of Ross’s Profile, using, in addition to the first prompt, the prose it had already generated to generate from:
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
Oscar Akermo, a wispy 22-year-old Swede, does Daliesque portraiture in black and gray ink.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018
The cluster of smart-looking oceanfront palapas, complete with Daliesque cactus gardens, private saltwater plunge pools and iPod docks are a far cry from the area’s typical ramshackle guest cottages.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2013
That was '40s Hollywood, whose notion of Brazil was half picture postcard, half Daliesque daydream.
From Time Magazine Archive
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